Observation by Andrew Paterson: Western Sky with Street Lights On

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Andrew Paterson

Observer

Andrew Paterson

Observed

2019 Apr 29 - 21:07

Uploaded

2019 May 09 - 13:55

Objects

Widefield
Pollux
Castor

Equipment

Canon Powershot G7X

Exposure

6s F1.8 ISO 400

Location

Hill Head, Fareham

Target name

Western Sky

Title

Western Sky with Street Lights On

About this image

A view of the western sky with the local street lights on during the evening markedly raising the light levels. Gemini is visible in the western sky but the general ambient light level is quite high.

Hampshire County Council has recenty instituted a policy of turning off street lights on minor and residential roads between 01.00 and 04.00 civil time. This is mainly to save energy and costs at a time when the roads are hardly used but it does have the added bonus of markedly improving the darkness of the night sky for that period.

Files associated with this observation

IMG_3756 (2).JPG (1.7 MB)

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